After Cal Leonard (Michael Parks of
"Then Came Bronson") is caught climbing the
fence at Otis Industries, he tells the police to get Joe
Doyle, a local attorney, to help him. But Doyle died two
months before, so his widowConstant Doyle, played by Bette Daviswho is also a lawyer, arrives to defend Cal
instead.

For some reason, Lawrence Otis is a
little too ready to drop the charges against young
Leonard, and Constant Doyle is puzzled.

Constant gets a second crack at
defending Cal, who can't seem to stay out of trouble
these days. He is charged with murdering his cousin. She
gets her nose rubbed in the dirt when she digs for
evidence and finds some very distressing news about her
late husband.